Cruel Elites
Nocturna Academy #1
by Margo Ryerkerk
& Holly Hook
Published: December
5, 2019
Genre: Vampires, Magic,
Fae, Paranormal
Blurb:
In a world ruled by vamps, being half fae and magicless
sucks.
Surviving the summer term at Nocturna Academy taught me
three things.
1. There’s no escape out of the castle.
2. I’ll be trained as a servant to the vampires or worse—a
courtesan.
3. I can fight for what I want from the inside out.
In the last few months, I’ve lost my mother, my best friend,
and my freedom.
I’ve done unimaginable things, but I’m not broken.
The Placement Tests are coming up, and I will crush them. I
refuse to end up as a vampire’s plaything. I’ll become the 1 out of 100 fae who
gets to shape her own fate.
I don’t care how hard I have to work or how improbable my
chances are.
My relentlessness and desperation will pay off.
Or at least that’s what I thought.
Because between a mysterious vampire guard confusing me, my
nemesis circling in on me like a viper, and a new teacher hating my guts, all
my efforts seem to only make everything worse.
If I’m not careful, I won’t end up as a courtesan, but as
dead meat.
Immerse yourself into a world filled with magic, danger, and
romance.
If you love Richelle Mead, Jaymin Eve, and Bella Forrest,
you’ll love Nocturna Academy.
Cruel Elites is a fae academy novel and the first book in
the Nocturna Academy trilogy. It is highly recommended to read the prequel
Wicked Nobles first, which can be found in the Academy of Magic boxed set.
Book two and three of the trilogy will be published in
December 2019 and January 2020.
My Review:
Cruel Elites opens with Onyx standing over the body of a
vampire. Said vampire tried to rape her and she killed him. There is a very
strong punishment for killing a vampire. Yeah killing this vampire could cost
Onyx her life. I can just see her standing there with the body wondering what
she is going to do now.
The only option she has is to hide the body if she wants to
live. But just as she is trying to drag the body away and hide it she is
caught. Luckily the person who catches her is a vampire guard that has been
looking out for her and has saved her from some rough places before and helps
her to deal with the body.
Onyx is half fae and half human who was sold out by her own
mother to the vamps. The vamps take her away to attend Nocturna Academy where
she will become a salve to the vamps. At Nocturna Academy students are given
points or have them taken away by how well they do in class or by their conduct
or attitudes. They also have to take a placement test to see where they fit
into jobs that the vamps have prepared for them.
Onyx is very determined to score high so she can make her
own choices or as much as that is possible when you are slaves to the vamps. Her
main plan is not to become a courtesan or sex slave to the vamps.
Cruel Elites is a very intense read with lots of suspense,
secrets, back stabbing, deception, great world building, awesome story
line/plot, oh and did I mention twists that will keep the pages turning
wondering who the vamp is that keeps saving Onyx or at least what his motive
is. I can’t wait for more in this world with vampires and fae.
I highly recommend Cruel Elites to all fans of vampires, fae
and suspense novels filled with secrets that is revealed slowly but I do
suggest that you read the prequel Wicked Nobles first.
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